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Bleaches help whiten, brighten and remove stains. Here's how to use bleach on clothes:
Bleach converts soils into colorless, soluble particles which are easily removed by detergents, then carried away in the wash water. Bleach can also brighten and whiten fabrics and help remove stubborn stains.
Sodium hypochlorite bleaches (also called chlorine or liquid household bleach) are the more powerful laundry bleaches; they disinfect, as well as clean and whiten. They work on many whites and…
One of the main uses for cleaning products is washing clothes and dishes. Each load of clothes and dishes requires water, and energy is often used to heat that water. While one load of laundry or dishes may seem like a small task, when you consider all the times we run the washing machine or dishwasher in a week and multiply that by all the households doing the same thing, it adds up!
The good news is that our washing machines and dishwashers are getting more efficient. In the U.S., a new…
From her many jobs as cook, cleaner, grocery shopper, chauffeur and social director, mom typically receives just one day off a year - Mother's Day.
In a 2000 national survey by American Cleaning Institute, 82 percent of moms said that they would like to see the housework vacation that they enjoy on Mother's Day happen more often.
"Today's mothers have to juggle so many more responsibilities than they did when the first Mother's Day was celebrated in 1914,"…
To be sustainable, we must meet our current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. Together, we can ensure a vibrant future.
Sustainable Practices
From saving water and energy to recycling, ACI has resources on steps everyone can take each day to clean in a sustainable way.
Saving Water…
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Wisconsin Lakes Study (I): A Multiple Lake Method to Analyze Temporal
Variations
Robert Clifford, Jr., Michael A. Meyer, Richard 1. Sedlak, Jr. and Nicholas
L. Clesceri
January 1985
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A study was conducted to monitor the water quality of ten inland
Wisconsin takes during a period encompassing the imposition of a detergent
phosphorus ban. Statistical analysis of the database sought to detect changes
in water quality parameters during the study and determine whether or not…
Shell’s Beelaerts Re-Elected as ACI Board Chair,
Procter & Gamble’s Raman Elected Vice Chair
ACI Board Welcomes Two New Members: Church & Dwight’s Carlos Linares, Diversey’s Suzanne Thompson
Orlando, Florida – February 2, 2018 – The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Board of Directors re-elected Rutger Beelaerts, General Manager Intermediates Americas, Shell Chemical LP, as its Chair, and elected Sundar Raman, Vice President, North America Fabric Care,…
Ideally, there shouldn’t be a right way or a wrong way to clean – as long as someone is actually cleaning! But, many a fight has been had over the proper way to load a dishwasher. So here are some handy tips to keep the dishes clean, and families intact.
For dishwashers made in the past 10 years, simply scrape off food. You do not need to rinse. This wastes water. Many dishwashers have a "quick rinse" setting that will take the place of rinsing in the sink (and,…
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PHOSPHORUS LOADS TO THE CHESAPEAKE ÛAY SYSTEM
Prepared for
THE SOAP AND DETERGENT ASSOCIATION
New York, NY
August,1984
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Wu-Seng Lung, PhD,PE
Consulting Environmental Engineer
Charlottesville, VA
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction and purpose
2. Study Approach
2.1 Chesapeake Bay BasÍn Model2.2 Sources of Data and Information
Results of Analysis
3.1 Delivery Ratio
3.2 TotaI…
By Electronic Mail
October 19, 2021
Brian Deese
Director
National Economic Council
Dear Mr. Deese:
The Biden-Harris Administration’s recently issued outline, American Pandemic Preparedness:
Transforming Our Capabilities, provides important insight into the whole-of-government work
underway to ensure the U.S. responds rapidly and effectively in the event of a future pandemic.
We are writing to both commend your efforts and to advocate for our industries’ inclusion as an…
This monograph summarizes: 1) critical fate and effects data required for an
environmental risk assessment on linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS); and
2) conclusions drawn from a risk assessment of LAS in the United States.
Although focused on conditions in the U.S., data from other parts of the
world that are relevant to a U.S. assessment are included in the monograph.
The monograph is written for a technical audience, but not necessarily one
familiar with environmental risk assessment…